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13. "we all have that bigoted relative that we love anyhow"

Reply to LessAspin (Reply #12)

Tue Jul 16, 2019, 01:13 PM

Jul 2019

My dad was that bigot; born in 1902 in a segregated America.
He had a slur word for almost everyone (Polish, Irish, Italians, African Americans, etc).
I found it a turn off and we didn't have a great relationship.

After leaving home I got an apartment with 3 other guys.
One gay, one Jewish, and one African American.

The four of us could have done a comedy TV show!

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Did you watch Norman Lear special, "All in the Family," "The Jeffersons"? [View all] left-of-center2012 May 2019 OP

Live performance (plays) are very hard to translate to tv. hlthe2b May 2019 #1

My husband went to a taping of the Jeffersons and he said they were so professional kimbutgar May 2019 #2

"then he saw facts of life" left-of-center2012 May 2019 #3

In Los Angeles at the studios kimbutgar May 2019 #4

Agree on Woody. Everyone else were pnwest May 2019 #5

I agree, "The Jeffersons" was more spot on. I enjoyed it more. brush May 2019 #8

Woody was miscast IMO. I would have tried for Sean Penn, Russel Crow or Alec Baldwin Auggie May 2019 #9

Or Steve Carell Auggie May 2019 #10

Did They Bleep Some Of The Dialogue?..... global1 May 2019 #6

It was so-so, but I had no expectations one way or the other. The Jefferson's episode seemed dameatball May 2019 #7

I watched both of them. femmocrat May 2019 #11

Archie Bunker'd LessAspin Jul 2019 #12

"we all have that bigoted relative that we love anyhow" left-of-center2012 Jul 2019 #13